European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes tuesday August 29,1989 judge rules University policy violates Freedom of speech Ann Arbor. Mich. A a University of Michigan policy aimed at cutting discriminatory harassment on Campus is unconstitutional a Federal judge ruled. University officials proposed the policy last year after assorted racist acts including a widely publicized incident in which a student disc jockey on a Campus radio show allowed a caller to Tell anti Black jokes. . District judge Avern Cohn ruled last week that the policy Vio lates Freedom of speech and was so vague that persons of common intelligence must guess at its the ruling Likely will have National significance said Howard Simon executive director of the american civil liberties Union in Michigan which challenged _ the policy on behalf of an unidentified Michigan student. Universities from Duke to Stanford and Wisconsin and in be tween Are faced with these same kinds of problems and Are consid ering similar policies to the univer sity of Michigan Simon said. The policy barred harassment or discrimination based on race ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation Creed National origin ancestry age marital status Handicap or Vietnam Veteran status. The Acle did not Challenge a part of the policy that bars physical acts of harassment. The policy is clearly Well intentioned the University needs to address problems of harmful racism on Campus but the method by which they chose to do so As saults the principles of free speech and Freedom of expression Simon said. The judge has forced them to go european weather no cram Sumay a 73 Madrid. 55 61 uncut 55 54 Paw. 0 4ms 63 661 66 64 66 55 66 63 70 Brussels r 61 67 Flome. P 72 82-pronm by of 13.2nd weather Wing. Tilden liar turn huh Low High Low can. I a 70 Montreal r 66 48 our a. 61 46 Moscow r 66 48helsmi. C 55 43 Oslo c 61 45 Jerusalem. Toronto. I 72 65 Titton. I 81 64 Vancouver c 72 57supobed by the allocated proc Doudy. Of partly Doudy. Mix. A ram. The Back to the drawing Board and develop a policy that does t violate free speech but protects students from harassment he said. The judge performed a Public the University s general counsel Eisa Kircher Cole said she was Dis appointed by the ruling. We had very carefully crafted a policy that would recognize first amendment rights of students while addressing the very serious problems of racial and sexual harassment on Campus Cole said. Cole said the University had begun reviewing the policy before Cohn held a hearing on it Friday and now will decide whether to re write it or Appeal the judge s ruling. A majority of Michigan Board of regents had favored the policy but Regent Diane Baker said he is glad it was struck Down. My own belief is that people on Campus should be completely free to speak As they wish Baker said. 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